WVU Medicine/Barnesville Hospital Earns National Recognition
Photo (Left to Right): Karen Mihalic, Director of Imaging for Barnesville Hospital: Jamie Betts, Emergency Department Nurse Manager for Barnesville Hospital; Susan Redish, Director of Nursing for Barnesville Hospital; and April Lopez, Donation Program Coordinator at Lifeline of Ohio. (Barnesville Hospital Photo)
BARNESVILLE, OHIO – WVU Medicine Barnesville Hospital earned national recognition for
its efforts to increase organ, eye, and tissue donor registrations through the 2024 DoNation
Campaign.
The Campaign challenges organizations to educate their staff, visitors, and communities about
the critical need for organ, eye, and tissue donation, including offering opportunities to register
as organ donors. Barnesville Hospital earned bronze level recognition for conducting awareness and registry activities between Oct. 1, 2023, and Sept. 30, 2024.
The Campaign is a national initiative that unites the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, and the organ donation community
with workplaces across the nation in spreading the word about the importance of donation.
Barnesville Hospital worked with Lifeline of Ohio to leverage its outreach efforts.
Every nine minutes, another person is added to the national organ transplant waiting list,
reaffirming the critical and growing need for more registered organ, eye, and tissue donors.
Founded in 1984, Lifeline of Ohio is an independent, non-profit organization, that promotes and coordinates the donation of human organs and tissue for transplantation. Lifeline of Ohio
serves 97 hospitals and facilities in 38 counties in Ohio and two in West Virginia and is
designated as an organ procurement organization through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
To sign up to be an organ donor, visit: RegisterMe.Org/WVUMedicine.
For more information about the DoNation Campaign, visit
